Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-04

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-~fl Be found an interesting
80 Z. q Whitney touching
20 important topics. both d
ssvs doubtless come 70 stay.
1900 statement 81 the value q
3 undoubtedIy too enthnnias-
..,rsheless thersmay be instances
- . L would double The feeding
rour dover. /" as be says. Mr.
-. While YET doubling, unNit-
.sds the best Of testimony IS
~atsa clover, that got pretty
~ finally turned out Just
"A y was 90 near eusilage that It
IA = safe to call It By that name.
- stled NOV Of clover VII sx-
- ~ air from the great bnlk Of
...aseuls, and, let il get as hot as IL
,ks stock win show their appre-
,.nof II and wastenothing = Forty
80. when q boy we helped house
-. a clover, cutting Eorenoons.
ss-sn9 some afternoons, that
80 ike q tar kiln" Is father
s. .fsr Il vas in the NOV, but the
- 81 Il with ayidisy. We called il
- bus Il was endiage The silo Is
ssly J means Of preserving the fsed
sssn: sha. Is all.
~ q the dehOrning outnt cane
..ssv: he remainder Il promised to
- soon. and Their OF goes hum
- ana FIFTY horns, with or without
nhisnsy's supervision.
Ths following Is the letter referred
= PAprr1A, w. T., Nov. a. 1851.
rurrrp NEKKKR Yours ct hand,
"a Invitation 10 the sIlo "openi g,
- 10 the dehorning " opening IN
- - neiehbOrhoOd. 1 Wish could
s,,.e and See the ailo. II what John
4 Augtfn Of Wisconsin wrote me e
ivoe. the silo Is q great thing. be said,
= would a. coon think Of summering
.ssSs without grass as wspteTing them
without silage, and ! beliexe = Noela
double the feeding value Of your clo-
ger.n such may be the case and !
sgDe Il may bn 50, but ! am not con-
gineed that such Is the fact. ! notice
'hat al the siio men are pretty liberal
IraIefe 81 grain, and / have an idea
|haf fhe grain does not get rs proper
.lsra n credit. OF course, where corn
- IL raised M Il can ID the Western
states, even Ia dry years ike the last
haa been with them, and where clover
nd the grasses do not grow 80 well as
hey do here, I can see where the siio
= likely to be great gain. But here,
where / raised net less than four tons
q clover on new seeding, and over fiVe
Ions Of clover and timothy mixed on
ne third years cutting, we can get
1ioue without the ail0. OF course, If
Kurfin's claim Is O fact, 1 want q silo.
ID course, II silos are all that they are
rlsined 10 be, the pubiic-or, rather,
IA consumers Of butter and beef-will
n the only gamers IN the end. The
InrmeFs will make so much more but
~ that competition win lower the
Price and away viii 90 the profits.
still. II q be who makes two blades OF
rrsss grow VIII re one grew before Is q
6uhllc benefactoF," so will they be who
i0uble the feeding value OF that blade
4 grass, clover, corn, OF whatever they
30. Time Eill tell.
Ieut my Clover very green, let II lie
last long enough 70 wilt Q little, and
M Il b. Jack. II was so thick could
npt GET % the ground with the teddeT
n 81 places, so when / raked IL there
were many bunches not wilted as all.
Il mast have been pretty thick when
Z would weigh over twenty tons (greenl
lg acre. No guessw0rk about i, but
Eual weight. put IL into the barn
y green that Il got pretty hot, and
lome Of the top was quite dusty. But
bow Il is Just splendid. Tho cows
low their appreciation Of It aud waste
lothing. am feeding Nith Il about
hree parts cats and one part wheat,
Thich / grind with q feed mill run with
" separator engine. They still get a
tile grass, but 10 make % cents per
0und butter the COWS must have grain
nd clover or good feed OF : me kind.
scant iced Of frostbitten grass or oats
III not All the bill. With hay az ti7
y ton and oats and wheat at &22 and
5 per ten, one must get good price
Il his butter, or he had better drive
Is cows In the slough. II 1 had
lowed my pasture and sold the hay
Used on u and the hay and grain that
will feed them this winter, they would
ave brought me twice na much as my
utter viii even at the prices It has
rOnght this year. But, OF course,
ed Is not 80 high every year, and ]
ope enough viii want " r. X. w. But
M so badly they VIII pay enough for
!. 30 that can make Il average IN Q
aries Of years as much ~ the hay and
rain.
Do not wait for me 70 start the saw
D the horns. The book viii tell you
4 that | knew about it when ! began,
nd think you vii have no trouble,
3 sure 10 cut Gloss down. You wiz
OF get within hur ing distance Of the
rain, and YOU have nothing 10 fear.l
Fhen you have been without horns on
our place awhile, yeu viii wonder you
1dured them 50 long. Do not expect
n entire reformation Of your cattle 1t
nee. Beecher said "you cannot be
ome good Christian instantly, :" bat
on can begin 10 be better So Of the
ows. They viii have little Of the
ID devil LEFT In them, but their weAp-
rs are gone. and you have but little
'ouble with them.
But as / must tackle my string Of
ows at 5 o'clock iE the morning, /
lust bid You good night.
Yours, &C.. IKE. WHITsEr.